I wrote: > > I never use the .alias file, but I assume that this file is sourced in > your .bash_profile? If you start an xterm without any options, you get > a bash that doesn't read your ~/.bashrc file. If you want a login shell, ^^ Error! should be: ~/.bash_profile
> i.e., one that does read your .bash_profile, you need `xterm -ls'. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]